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Webster 1913 Edition

Demigod

Dem′i-god

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Noun.

A half god, or an inferior deity; a fabulous hero, the offspring of a deity and a mortal.

Definition 2024

demigod

demigod

See also: demi-god

English

Alternative forms

demi-god

Noun

demigod ‎(plural demigods)

A half-god or hero; the offspring of a deity and a mortal.
A lesser deity.

Synonyms

(offspring of a deity and a mortal): half-god, hero

Translations

a half-god or hero

Arabic: نِصْف إِلٰه m ‎(niṣf ʾilāh)
Armenian: կիսաստված (hy) ‎(kisastvac), դյուցազն (hy) ‎(dyucʿazn)
Catalan: semidéu (ca) m, semideessa f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 半神半人 (zh) ‎(bànshénbànrén), 半神 ‎(bànshén)
Czech: polobůh (cs) m
Dutch: halfgod (nl) m
Finnish: puolijumala (fi)
French: demi-dieu (fr) m
German: Halbgott (de) m
Greek: ημίθεος (el) m ‎(imítheos), ήρωας (el) m ‎(íroas)
Hungarian: félisten (hu)
Ido: mi-deo (io)

Italian: semidio m
Japanese: 半神 ‎(はんしん, hanshin)
Kazakh: жарты құдай ‎(jartı quday)
Latin: semideus m
Polish: półbóg (pl) m
Portuguese: semideus (pt) m
Romanian: semizeu (ro) m
Russian: полубо́г (ru) m ‎(polubóh) (irreg. pronunc. in the nominative)
Serbo-Croatian: polubog (sh) m
Spanish: semidiós m
Swahili: nusumungu
Turkish: yarıtanrı
Volapük: (male or female) lafagod (vo)

a lesser deity

Catalan: semidéu (ca) m, semideessa f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 次神 ‎(cìshén)
Dutch: ^{(please verify)}godje n, lagere godheid
Finnish: puolijumala (fi)
German: Halbgott (de) m
Greek: ημίθεος (el) m ‎(imítheos)

Hungarian: félisten (hu)
Italian: semidio m
Polish: bóstwo (pl) n
Portuguese: semideus (pt) m
Russian: божество́ (ru) n ‎(božestvó)
Swahili: nusumungu

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